question about hooking up my comp to tv

spitfire1129 · 05-06-2009, 06:13 PM

hey guys.
i have a computer with geforce 7600GS vid card. and i bought AOC 32 inch 720P tv. I want to hook it up to my TV so that i can watch movies and such. Would a HDMI to DVI cable be enough? or would i also need something for sound??

Clockwork · 05-06-2009, 06:32 PM

you would need something for sound unless you are planning on playing the sound form your computer.

**nonamedsomebody** · 05-06-2009, 07:19 PM

They make a 3.5mm to RCA audio cable "red" "white". you could run into your T.V or receiver.

spitfire1129 · 05-06-2009, 11:54 PM

how do u hook up the 3.5 mm with red and white? is it thru the back where it has audio port? or thru the s-video (the black hole)?

seriously · 05-07-2009, 12:07 AM

nonamedsomebody was talking about a cable with 3.5mm plug at one end and 2 rca connectors (a black coloured one and a red one) at the other end.

you plug the 3.5mm into the audio-out of your pc sound card, and the black and red rca connectors to the audi-L and audio-R inputs of your tv.

spitfire1129 · 05-07-2009, 12:41 AM

what is that cable called? does that go into the green port in the back of the computer?
would i need like a audio decoder of some sort from Nvidia website?

**nonamedsomebody** · 05-07-2009, 09:05 AM

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1155070007315 this is what it looks like. You don't need anything special it just plugs into the green port as you stated.

yustr · 05-07-2009, 11:05 AM

My guess is that this is not going to work. Here's why: when you plug in a HDMI cable, the TV is going to assume that there's audio along with the video. So it will only send the HDMI audio to its speakers (of which of course there is none as DVI carries only video.) Plus, it appears that the red/white audio jacks on the TV are married to the yellow or S-video inputs only.

I could be wrong (its been know to happen every now and then...

) so give it a try.

When it doesn't work, you're best bet is to use an external stereo system for sound. You'd hook the red/white plugs from the computer to one of the inputs. Alternatively, you can use your computer speakers but either way, you might have sync issues.

Good luck.

Clockwork · 05-07-2009, 03:01 PM

If yustr is right, you also might try getting a cable that converts dvi + 3.5 to hdmi. i don't know if they exist, and it might not because the 2 audio signals might not be compliant.
Just a suggestion.

btw yustr. great name. Rusty is by far the best name to have!

05-06-2009, 06:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
spitfire1129 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 63 OS: win xp	question about hooking up my comp to tv hey guys. i have a computer with geforce 7600GS vid card. and i bought AOC 32 inch 720P tv. I want to hook it up to my TV so that i can watch movies and such. Would a HDMI to DVI cable be enough? or would i also need something for sound??

05-06-2009, 06:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Clockwork Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southeast MI Posts: 289 OS: XP/Vista-64bit/Ubuntu/Ubuntu-Server	Re: question about hooking up my comp to tv you would need something for sound unless you are planning on playing the sound form your computer. __________________ Win·dows: Noun. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally coded for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition. -LW

05-06-2009, 07:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
nonamedsomebody Obama I's my father Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: USA Posts: 403 OS: Windows 7 Professional My System	Re: question about hooking up my comp to tv They make a 3.5mm to RCA audio cable "red" "white". you could run into your T.V or receiver. __________________ Intel E8400 Evga 8800GT OC Edition 2GB G-skill DDR2

05-06-2009, 11:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
spitfire1129 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 63 OS: win xp	Re: question about hooking up my comp to tv how do u hook up the 3.5 mm with red and white? is it thru the back where it has audio port? or thru the s-video (the black hole)?

05-07-2009, 12:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
seriously Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 99 OS: win xp	Re: question about hooking up my comp to tv nonamedsomebody was talking about a cable with 3.5mm plug at one end and 2 rca connectors (a black coloured one and a red one) at the other end. you plug the 3.5mm into the audio-out of your pc sound card, and the black and red rca connectors to the audi-L and audio-R inputs of your tv.

05-07-2009, 12:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
spitfire1129 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 63 OS: win xp	Re: question about hooking up my comp to tv what is that cable called? does that go into the green port in the back of the computer? would i need like a audio decoder of some sort from Nvidia website?

05-07-2009, 09:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
nonamedsomebody Obama I's my father Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: USA Posts: 403 OS: Windows 7 Professional My System	Re: question about hooking up my comp to tv http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1155070007315 this is what it looks like. You don't need anything special it just plugs into the green port as you stated. __________________ Intel E8400 Evga 8800GT OC Edition 2GB G-skill DDR2

05-07-2009, 11:05 AM	#8 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 5,974 OS: XP Pro My System	Re: question about hooking up my comp to tv My guess is that this is not going to work. Here's why: when you plug in a HDMI cable, the TV is going to assume that there's audio along with the video. So it will only send the HDMI audio to its speakers (of which of course there is none as DVI carries only video.) Plus, it appears that the red/white audio jacks on the TV are married to the yellow or S-video inputs only. I could be wrong (its been know to happen every now and then... ) so give it a try. When it doesn't work, you're best bet is to use an external stereo system for sound. You'd hook the red/white plugs from the computer to one of the inputs. Alternatively, you can use your computer speakers but either way, you might have sync issues. Good luck. __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.

05-07-2009, 03:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
Clockwork Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southeast MI Posts: 289 OS: XP/Vista-64bit/Ubuntu/Ubuntu-Server	Re: question about hooking up my comp to tv If yustr is right, you also might try getting a cable that converts dvi + 3.5 to hdmi. i don't know if they exist, and it might not because the 2 audio signals might not be compliant. Just a suggestion. btw yustr. great name. Rusty is by far the best name to have! __________________ Win·dows: Noun. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally coded for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition. -LW